Backstage Capital
Backstage Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, CA investing in Other, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $25K–$500K checks and has 174 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $25K–$500K
- Portfolio
- 174 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- AUM
- $20M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Enterprise
- HQ
- Los Angeles, CA
Last verified: 2026-07-15
Pre-Seed, Seed
$25K – $500K
$20M
174+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Pre-seed/seed fund investing very early, often as first institutional capital, with a strong focus on underrepresented founders.
How Backstage Capital invests
Backstage Capital is a vc firm based in Los Angeles, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Enterprise.
Backstage Capital typically writes checks of $25K–$500K per investment, backed by approximately $20M in assets under management.
Backstage Capital has backed 174 companies in our records, including Blavity, Esusu, Healthie.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (174)
Other
Blavity
Esusu
Healthie
A Kids Company About
AfroSpace
AMP Beauty LA
Audios
Ava Carrington
Be-Great.Tv
Bitwise
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $25K – $500K check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Arlan Hamilton, Founder & Managing Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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